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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">gtester</span></h2>
<p>gtester — test running utility</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">gtester</code>  [OPTION...] [testprogram]</p></div>
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<a name="id-1.8.3.5"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p><span class="command"><strong>gtester</strong></span> is a utility to run unit tests that have
been written using the GLib test framework.
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When called with the <code class="option">-o</code> option, <span class="command"><strong>gtester</strong></span>
writes an XML report of the test results, which can be converted
into HTML using the <span class="command"><strong>gtester-report</strong></span> utility.
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<a name="id-1.8.3.6"></a><h2>Options</h2>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, <code class="option">--help</code></span></p></td>
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print help and exit
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code>, <code class="option">--version</code></span></p></td>
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print version information and exit
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">--g-fatal-warnings</code></span></p></td>
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make warnings fatal
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-k</code>, <code class="option">--keep-going</code></span></p></td>
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continue running after tests failed
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code></span></p></td>
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list paths of available test cases
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-m=<em class="replaceable"><code>MODE</code></em></code></span></p></td>
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    run test cases in <em class="replaceable"><code>MODE</code></em>, which can be one of:

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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">perf</code></span></p></td>
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          run performance tests
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">slow</code>, <code class="option">thorough</code></span></p></td>
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          run slow tests, or repeat non-deterministic tests more often
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">quick</code></span></p></td>
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          do not run slow or performance tests, or do extra repeats
          of non-deterministic tests (default)
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">undefined</code></span></p></td>
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          run test cases that deliberately provoke checks or assertion
          failures, if implemented (default)
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">no-undefined</code></span></p></td>
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          do not run test cases that deliberately provoke checks or
          assertion failures
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-p=<em class="replaceable"><code>TESTPATH</code></em></code></span></p></td>
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only run test cases matching <em class="replaceable"><code>TESTPATH</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-s=<em class="replaceable"><code>TESTPATH</code></em></code></span></p></td>
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skip test cases matching <em class="replaceable"><code>TESTPATH</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">--seed=<em class="replaceable"><code>SEEDSTRING</code></em></code></span></p></td>
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run all test cases with random number seed <em class="replaceable"><code>SEEDSTRING</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-o=<em class="replaceable"><code>LOGFILE</code></em></code></span></p></td>
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write the test log to <em class="replaceable"><code>LOGFILE</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code>, <code class="option">--quiet</code></span></p></td>
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suppress per test binary output
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></p></td>
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report success per testcase
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<a name="id-1.8.3.7"></a><h2>See also</h2>
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gtester-report</span>(1)</span>
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